San Diegans owe a desal company $35 million for unmade water
San Diegans owe a privately-owned desalination plant over $35 million for water the company couldn’t make. … San Diego County Water Authority staff revealed Thursday that the region’s biggest water seller has 10,105 acre-feet of water it needs to buy from Channelside, the owner of the Carlsbad plant that de-salts ocean water to make it drinkable. … The cost of that unmade water is expected to increase by about 2.5 percent per the contract. … At $3,500 per acre-foot, de-salted ocean water is the region’s most expensive water source, a fact that attracts critics of San Diego’s spiking water prices.
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